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Broadway Bar Restaurant in downtown Sarasota will reopen its doors to customers Monday after shuttering for several days because of a sales tax dispute.

The restaurant, which is one of Sarasota County’s oldest eateries, shuttered last week due to a sales tax audit. A sign posted on the restaurant’s front door from the Florida Department of Revenue stated that Broadway Bar‘s license to operate had been revoked because of the owners’ failure to pay taxes.

The restaurant took those few days to resolve the dispute, said managing partner, Carolyn Heath, and will reopen Monday afternoon at 4 p.m.

“We’re calling it our own little government shutdown,” Heath said.

Photo by Dan Wagner, Herald-Tribune staff.

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